Applications of high-power visible and UV lasers in manufacturing

Martyn R. H. Knowles; Andrew I. Bell; Graham Rutterford; H. Booth; Gideon Foster-Turner; Andrew John Kearsley

doi:10.1117/12.377022

7 February 2000 Applications of high-power visible and UV lasers in manufacturing

Martyn R. H. Knowles, Andrew I. Bell, Graham Rutterford, H. Booth, Gideon Foster-Turner, Andrew John Kearsley

Proceedings Volume 3888, High-Power Lasers in Manufacturing; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.377022
Event: Advanced High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1999, Osaka, Japan

Abstract

Visible and UV lasers with nanosecond pulse durations, diffraction-limited beam quality and high pulse repetition rates have demonstrated an ability to machine a wide variety of materials with sub-micron precision and sub-micron-sized heat-affected zones. Manufacturing applications for these lasers include orifice drilling in fuel injection components and inkjet printers, micro-milling of micromolds, via hole drilling in printed circuit boards and silicon machining. Narrow line width UV is used for the fabrication of fiber Bragg gratings. Results achieved with copper vapor lasers (CVL) and diode-pumped solid state lasers will be presented. Recent advances in higher power, compact CVLs are opening new possibilities for manufacturing with this class of laser.

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Martyn R. H. Knowles, Andrew I. Bell, Graham Rutterford, H. Booth, Gideon Foster-Turner, and Andrew John Kearsley "Applications of high-power visible and UV lasers in manufacturing", Proc. SPIE 3888, High-Power Lasers in Manufacturing, (7 February 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.377022

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